Residents of the city of Stone Mountain in DeKalb Co. are up in arms after Mayor Beverly Jones took control of the city’s various bank accounts and while removing other city officials from having access. The city council is hosting an emergency meeting to look into hiring a private investigator to look into the allegations, which include Jones taking over various accounts including the downtown development authority and payroll account, for more than a month before the council noticed. Now they say they’re locked out and that they expect to mount a serious investigation, and to get Jones out of office ASAP. SINKING…
Carr joins LSU football fight
In the South, college football is religion – and now it’s politics too. Members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) are furious with LSU over its attempts to sign players already in the NFL to come back to college to play for the Tigers. On Wednesday, Attorney General Chris Carr, (presumably at the behest of some big names at UGA) urged the SEC to take “all measures available” against LSU. Thursday, the league heeded that advice, suing LSU Head Coach Lane Kiffin. The legal quagmire pitting the conference against itself has LSU SINKING…
